Australian Aviation

Growler rollout heralds RAAF’s new electronic attack era It will be a magnificent addition to the Australian Defence Force’s joint operations, and I predict it will have one of the biggest strategic effects for the ADF since the introduction of the F-111 in the 1970s,” newly-retired Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Geoff Brown, representing

MH370’s politics and payback The agony and frustration for the relatives of those who have been lost with the disappearance of MH 370 on March 8 last year is indescribable and this was compounded in July with the events surrounding the discovery and identification of a flaperon from a Boeing 777 on Reunion Island. Rather

Award-winning Australian actor Hugh Jackman has been named as a Qantas “global ambassador”. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. LoginBecome a MemberTo continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Address Password Keep me signed in on this device Forgot password? To unlock all Australian Aviation magazine content

US airlines are more innovative than you might think Despite their problems – see July issue Contrails – innovation has never been a stumbling block for American carriers. As far back as the 1980s, TWA’s Ambassador Class was in the vanguard of the push for full-fare economy seating superior to that in “tourist” economy. This

Air New Zealand has retired its iconic Boeing 737-300 aircraft, with the final flight, NZ557 between Auckland and Christchurch, operated by ZK-NGI on September 6. It closed a chapter of domestic and trans-Tasman aviation that the airline has been marking, well aware of the historic nature of these aircraft and the relationship New Zealanders have with

Air power and the third industrial revolution The shift from analogue to digital technology that started in the late- 1950s and gained serious momentum in the 1970s has now reached lift-off speed. Innovations based on this radical development include advanced computing, the internet, robotics, and artificial intelligence. Such is the magnitude of the change that